Class Notes

In Memorium SOM: '30's | '40's | '50's | '60's | '70's | '80's | '90's
SPHTM: '59-'79 | '80's | '90's

School of Medicine

'35

Class Agent: vacant

Edward B. Pitts, MD, Birmingham, Ala., retired from practice in 1983 and turned 90 years old on December 24, 1998.

'39

Class Agent: Joseph V. Hopkins, Jr., MD

Joseph D. Martin, Jr., MD, MPH('51), Baton Rouge, La., recently remarried his wife, Margaret Cannon Martin. He retired from practice in 1982.

Sidney Stillman, MD, Jacksonville, Fla., turned 85 years old on November 20, 1998, and said he is still of sound mind and fair health.

'45

Class Agent: Hyman C. Tolmas, MD

Gerald N. Weiss, MD, Fort Collins, Colo., co-authored, Circumcision: Frankly Speaking, a book to educate parents about the concerns of circumcision.

'46

Class Agent: W. Lyall Howell, Jr., MD

Alonso Roy, MD, Guatemala, retired from surgical practice three years ago in Panama City, Panama, and is now Panama's ambassador to Guatemala.

Gene Usdin, MD, New Orleans, recently received a special presidential commendation at the American Psychiatric Association's annual meeting, recognizing his outstanding leadership in major scholarly associations where he has served as president and generated important educational initiatives.

'48

Class Agent: Henry G. Simon, MD

Loyce L. Crawford, MD, Jacksonville, Texas, is proud to announce the birth of her great-grandson, on July 22, 1998, weighing 9 pounds, 3 ounces and measuring 22 inches.

'51

Class Agent: Dabney Ewin, MD

Ernest L. Williams, MD, St. Simons Island, Ga., recently moved from Gastonia, N.C., where he lived for the past 42 years. He is anticipating his 50th reunion in 2001.

'54

Class Agent: Oliver H. Dabezies, MD

Robert M. Wells, MD, Asheville, N.C., retired in July 1998 as chief of psychiatry at the VA Medical Center in Asheville.

'58

Class Agent: Frank E. Schmidt, MD

Edmond A. Lamperez, MD, Lafayette, La., retired from practice in January 1997. He is building a summer home in the mountains of New Mexico.

C. Hebert Magruder, MD, Greenwood, S.C., retired from practice in June 1998. Karlman Wasserman, MD, Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., received the 1997 Scientific Accomplishment Award and the 1998 Who's Who in American Thoracic Surgery Award.

'59

Class Agent: Robert L. Hewitt, MD

Joel B. Steinberg, MD, Dallas, is the 1998 recipient of the Robert L. Moore Award for Medicine, in recognition of his many years of devoted and caring service to Children's Medical Center. He serves as vice president and director of medical affairs and chief director of the Sleep Lab at Children's, in addition to his role as assistant dean for clinical affairs and professor of pediatrics at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School.

'62

Class Agent: Goodman B. Espy III, MD, and Howard A. Nelson, Jr., MD

James S. Eaton, MD, Washington, D.C., received the 1998 Thomas Hackett Memorial Award of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, its highest honor, in recognition of his achievements in research, training, leadership and clinical practice. He is in full-time clinical practice in Washington, where he is also clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University School of Medicine.

Pascal J. Imperato, MD, MPH ('66), Manhasset, N.Y., is author of Quest for the Jade Sea: Colonial Competition around an East African Lake. He has also been appointed distinguished service professor and chair for the department of preventive medicine and community health at the Health Science Center at Brooklyn.

'65

Class Agent: Paul B. Lansing II, MD

Guy T. Vise, MD, Jackson, Miss., was elected treasurer for the executive committee of the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) in Chicago.

'67

Class Agents: Thomas C. Naugle, Jr., MD, and Jack R. Goodman, MD

Thomas C. Naugle, Jr., MD, New Orleans, was program chair of a symposium on "Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery - Reconstructive and Aesthetic," under the aegis of the New Orleans Academy of Ophthalmology.

'68

Class Agent: John M. Church, MD

Margaret Waisman, MD, Houston, was appointed president-elect of the Noah Worcester Dermatological Society.

'71

Class Agent: James A. Morock, MD

Randolph M. Howes, MD, Kentwood, La., was honored by Kentucky Governor Paul E. Patton, who commissioned Howes as a Kentucky Colonel, an exclusive group supporting many charities and philanthropic organizations. Howes also received the 1999 Lifetime Achievement Award at the Golden Music Award Show in Nashville for his contributions as an artist, songwriter and humanitarian. His rendition of the song "My Way," prompted a standing ovation.

'72

Class Agent: William M. Butler, MD

William Turner, MD, Jackson, Miss., was appointed chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

'73

Class Agent: Richard A. Airhart, MD

Virginia Williams, MD, Edmonds, Wash., started a new job in urgent care. She also recently married a family practitioner. Both of her sons are practicing law, the older in Sarasota, Fla., the younger, a Tulane graduate, in Palo Alto, Calif.

'78

Class Agent: Nathan H. Fischman, MD

Karen R. Borman, MD, Aberdeen, Md., has accepted a faculty position at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Miss. She will be transferring to Mississippi in May and will be the associate professor of surgery to lead the endocrine surgery program. She will also head the development of the department's medical informatics office.

Gary P. Jones, MD, Alexandria, La., was selected to serve on the Huey P. Long Administrative Board and the Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce Board.

'80

Class Agent: Keith M. Perrin, MD

Charles A. Welborn, MD, MPH, Patterson, N.Y., is associate director for the Department of Pediatrics at the Harlem Hospital Center in New York.

'82

Class Agent: Gregory K. Gum, MD

James A. Slobard, MD, Norfolk, Va., relocated with his wife and daughter to Norfolk, where he is a practicing geriatrician at the Depaul Medical Group/BonSecours of Hampton Roads.

'88

Class Agent: N. Knight Worley, MD

John C. Hardy, MD, and Martha L. Hardy, MD, Ocean Springs, Miss., were transferred to Keesler Air Force base in Mississippi. Martha is staff cardiologist on the base.

Susan Heverling, MD, Anchorage, Alaska, proudly announces the birth of her son, Maxwell Keelan Irwin, on March 22, 1998. She is in her sixth year of private practice in Alaska.

Etienne A. Mejia, MD, Cincinnati, is completing his sports medicine orthopaedic fellowship in Ohio, with his wife, Winnie, and his son, Thomas. His orthopaedic practice will resume in Wisconsin when he is done. He also recently completed a 10-year Navy obligation.

'89

Class Agent: Gerard Livaudais, MD

Diane Karg, MD, MPH, Newport Beach, Calif., completed a second residency in family medicine at UC Irvine (first residency was in preventive medicine). She is board certified in preventive medicine and family practice.

James G. McPherson III, MD, MPH, Arcadia, Calif., is assistant professor of clinical surgery at the University of Southern California's Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, where he will be developing new cardiac surgery programs.

'90

Class Agent: Richard S. Levy, MD

Richard Capiola, MD, New Orleans, has been appointed associate medical director of River Oaks Hospital. He is board certified in adult, addictive and forensic psychiatry. His wife, Caren, will graduate from medical school this year and plans to complete a residency in dermatology.

Grace S. Shin, MD, MPH, Las Vegas, is an ophthalmologist for Ophthalmic Associates in Nevada. She married Gregory Kwok, October 3, 1992, and they have a son, Michael, born September 22, 1996.

'91

Class Agent: Andrew Nemechek, MD

Barkat Fazal, MD, MPH, Elmhurst, N.Y., is an attending physician in the division of infectious diseases at the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center. He is also assistant professor of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Joshua J. Raymon, MD, MPH, Philadelphia, is a senior family practice resident for Chestnut Hill Hospital.

Mark Wren, MD, MPH, Texarkana, Ark., is medical director of St. Michael's Rehabilitation Hospital's Day Rehabilitation Program.

'92

Class Agent: Gavin M. Gassen, MD

Joseph Harvey, MD, MPH, Gabon, Africa, and his wife, Rebecca (M'92, MPH'92), have moved to Africa with their three daughters, Olivia, Claire and Isabelle. Joe and Becky are working at the Evangelical Hospital of Bongolo, a Christian and Missionary Alliance hospital.

David S. Morrison, MD, MPH, Kennewick, Wash., works as an obstetrician/gynecologist for CHE La Clinica in Pasco. He married Lorena Mayuga (MD'93, MPH '93), and they have a three-year-old daughter, Sofia.

'93

Class Agent: John M. Morton, MD

Michael D. Lewis, MD, Silver Spring, Md., was recently sent by the Army to Johns Hopkins, where he is a full-time MPH student. He and his wife, Robin, proudly announce the birth of their daughter, Athena Lexy, born March 22, 1998.

Susan Morrison, MD, MPH, Portland, Ore., works half the year in family practice in Portland doing research for the sleeping sickness Uganda program; the other half is spent in Uganda researching malaria/ pyronaradine.

'94

Class Agent: vacant

Susan L. Albert, MD, MPH, Purlear, N.C., is a family physician for Mountain View Medical Center in Hays, N.C.

Kenton T. Bruice, MD, Aspen, Colo., is in private practice in obstetrics/gynecology.

Hector Cabrera, MD, MPH, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, is a family physician for Neighborhood Family Practice. He is also on the associate faculty at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and at Metrohealth Family Practice Residency Program.

Nora M. Doyle, MD, MPH, Albuquerque, N.M., is an obstetrician/ gynecologist at University Hospital. She relocated from New Orleans to New Mexico with her husband, Stan, and their three children, Kirsten, Jonathan and Kathryn.

Mark E. McClinton, MD, Miami, completed his U.S. Air Force obligation as a flight surgeon and has begun his residency in otolaryngology at the University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital.

'95

Class Agent: Constance C. Dabezies, MD

'96

Benjamin C. C. Kam, Jr., MD, MPH, Jacksonville, Ark., is a flight surgeon for the U.S. Air Force. He recently was sent to Kuwait and returned in time to support the landing of the STS-95 Space Shuttle Discovery as part of the standby medical team.

Richard Macdonald, MD, Timonium, Md., and his wife, Kerri, proudly announce the birth of their baby boy, Ryley Kevin, on February 8. Rick will finish his emergency medicine training at Johns Hopkins in June and has taken a position with Capital Emergency Physicians, P.C., in Columbia, Mo., where the family will relocate in July.

Christopher Young, MD, and Jennifer Lewy Young, MD, Guilford, Conn., relocated to Connecticut from Ohio after they both finished their residencies. Christopher completed his child and adolescent psychiatry residency at Case Western's University Hospital in Cleveland and will start his adult psychiatry residency at Yale next spring. Jennifer has completed her pediatric residency at Case Western's Reserve Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland and will start her own private pediatric practice in Branford.

'97

Class Agent: vacant

Nancy Soohoo Chun, MD, Westboro, Mass., is in her second year of internal medicine at the University of Massachusetts.

Peter C. Springer, MD, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., was elected president-elect of the Emergency Medicine President's Association, a national organization representing all emergency residents. He will serve a three-year term.

'98

Class Agent: vacant

Michael D. Holzer, MD, MPH, Alexandria, Va., is completing his family practice residency at Andrews Air Force Base. Last November, he spent a week in the Dominican Republic providing medical relief following Hurricane George.

School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

'59

Elaine Childs-Gowell, MPH, ARNP, PhD, Seattle, authored Good Grief Rituals: Tools for Healing, which provides a set of skills for anyone who has experienced loss. She is a psychiatric nurse practitioner who focuses on healing and major grief issues of adults.

'69

Kenneth C. Schneider, MD ('61), MPH, Cedar Crest, N.M., is a partner for Schneider Associates, LLC, and engages in health care consultation in Medicare quality standards and anti-dumping emergency care obligations of hospitals.

Dorothy H. Veon, MD, DDG, MSc, Philadelphia, has been elected to membership of the Order of International Fellowship by the International Biographical Centre of Cambridge, England. Membership is strictly limited to 500 people worldwide and its motto is "Pro Bono Publico" ‹ for the interests of all people.

'70

Theresa H. Van Der Vlugt, MD ('65), MPH, Arlington, Va., is enjoying her new position as a medical officer for the Food and Drug Administration, in the division of reproductive and urologic drug products.

'72

Gerold Van Der Vlugt, MD, DrPh, Arlington, Va., retired due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which has limited his mobility and speech.

'74

Richard A. Henault, MPH, New Orleans, president/CEO of Methodist Alliance, and executive vice president of Methodist Health Systems, has been elected to serve on the board of governors of the American College of Healthcare Executives, an international professional society of nearly 30,000 health care executives.

'75

Sylvia Bookbinder, MPH, Moorestown, N.J., is president of the New Jersey Public Health Association. She is a licensed New Jersey health officer and a nationally certified health education specialist.

'76

Maureen M. Miller, MPH, Washington, D.C., retired last August from the Health Care Financing Administration after writing the federal provider sponsored organization regulation and working on the new Medicare Part C regulation.

Raoult C. Ratard, MD ('68), MPH, Tampa, Fla., moved to Florida and is associate professor of the infectious disease epidemiology department at USF College of Public Health.

Robert Winshall, MD ('73), MPH, Berkeley, Calif., qualified as a medical review officer and works for U.S. Health Works.

'78

Ubaldo P. Beato, Jr., MD, MPH, San Antonio, is chief of aerospace medicine for the U.S. Air Force in Texas.

Betsy Dwight, MPH, RD, Orange, Texas, is self-employed as a renal dietician.

'80

Liliana Ayalde, MPH, Nicaragua, is deputy director for USAID. As a foreign service officer, she has served in Bangladesh, Guatemala, Washington and Nicaragua since her graduation from Tulane.

'82

James G. Wetrich, Colleyville, Texas, is a divisional vice-president for Abbott Laboratories.

'86

John W. Aldis, MD, MPH, Beijing, China, is a regional medical officer for the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. M. Abdulbari Ibrahim, MD, MPH ('81), DrPh, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, was promoted to associate professor for the department of community medicine and primary health care last September. He was also appointed general supervisor for training and development for the Saudi Red Crescent Society Emergency Medical Services.

Brenda J. Proffitt, MHA, Albuquerque, N.M., moved to New Mexico last year with her husband,

Matias Vega, MD. She continues to manage health care for the Homeless Clinicians' Network, a peer support membership organization open to clinicians working with the nation's homeless.

'87

William B. Martin, MPH, Washington, D.C., is program officer for the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Brooke Masley, RN, MPH, Ferndale, Wash., is a consulting nurse for Group Health Cooperative.

'89

Tim Crawford, MPH, Washington, D.C., is an environmental protection specialist for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

'90

Maxine A. Missios, MPH, Austin, Texas, is senior clinical recruitment coordinator for the Austin Diagnostic Clinic Center for Clinical Research.

'91

Damon Rosenzweig, MPH, Washington, D.C., was named corporate and foundation relations officer in the developmental department for Doctors Without Borders, the world's largest independent international medical relief agency.

Cheryl H. Wheeler, MPH, New Orleans, is working with the HIV/AIDS program for the state. She is also pursuing a doctoral degree in curriculum and construction from the University of New Orleans.

'92

Katherine D. Pelletreau, MPH, Cumberland, Maine, is a state director for the Maine HMO Council.

Sue Sherry, MPH, Chula Vista, Calif., is sterilization coordinator for Planned Parenthood.

'93

Leonard L. Castiglione, MHA, Houston, married Hande Ak from Istanbul, Turkey. He currently works as national director of managed care for American Oncology Resources.

Chung-Chi Chang, MPH, Houston, is a graduate research assistant for the University of Texas. She is working toward her PhD, which should be completed this year.

Deborah F. Charen, MPH, Northbrook, Ill., is manager of benefits planning for Abbott Laboratories. She is married to Andrew Charen (MBA '92); they have a son, Jacob Michael, who is two.

Elise G. Penefiel, MPH, Columbia, Md., is completing dental school at the University of Maryland, where she will receive a DDS in May. She married Jay Penefiel, MD, a cardiology fellow at the University of Maryland Medical Systems on May 30, 1998.

'94

Rob Kyzer, MPH, Nashville, Tenn., and Annette Kyzer (M '95), proudly announce the birth of their daughter, Hanna Grace, November 9, 1998. Rob is territory director for Private Healthcare Systems, and Annette is chief obstetrics resident at Vanderbilt Medical Center.

'95

Helena Albertin, MPH, Bethel, Conn., is in her second year of nursing school at Yale School of Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner Program. She was recently awarded a National Health Service Corps scholarship.

Mary A. Andero, Meridian, Miss., is administrative dietician for the East State Mississippi State Hospital. Lori Hoepner, MPH, Brooklyn, N.Y., is an associate public health epidemiologist for the New York City Department of Health, Bureau of Immunization.

Helene Sagnard, MPH, Hollywood, Fla., married Steven Grover on November 15, 1997, and moved to south Florida, where she is a new market manager for First Marketing Company.

'96

Wendy L. Alperin-Lea, MPH, Farmington, Conn., is a student nurse at the University of Connecticut School of Nursing.

'97

Brian Bacon, MPH, Washington, D.C., is a senior analyst with the Academy for Educational Development (AED) on the USAID-funded Leland Initiative, which promotes internet use for development in Africa.

Renee Markham, MPH, Ann Arbor, Mich., is working toward a PhD in toxicology at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health.

Katherine R. Reed, MPH, Tera, Niger, is project manager of the child survival program for World Vision International. Kim Simonian, MPH, New Orleans, is assistant maternal and child health administrator at the Louisiana Office of Public Health.

Kay Tomashek, MPH, Atlanta, married Scott A. Poe, a PhD candidate at Tulane, on June 20, 1998. Kay is an EIS officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sylvia M. Vasquez, MPH, Slidell, La., is outreach coordinator for Slidell Memorial Hospital.

'98

Marsha D. Criscio, MPH, Valhalla, N.Y., is a first-year medical student at New York Medical College. Steven I. McLaughlin, Columbia, S.C., is an epidemic intelligence service officer for the Centers for Disease Control. Since January, he has been in Nepal working on polio eradication.